Compare Evaluation

GATE, like CAT and unlike GRE, GMAT or Board examinations, is a zero sum game. You need to beat someone else to rise up the ranks. You should always remember the fact that you are adjudged relatively, not absolutely. Hence, your rank obviously depends on how you performed relative to your competitors. It does not really matter whether you got 89 marks out of 150, or 148 marks out of 150. What matters the most is how many people you have beaten and how many people have beaten you.

The following list gives us an indication of the degree of competition that was there in GATE 2004.

As we can see, only 137 applicants out of every 1000 applicants in computer science stream were qualified, and only 4 out of 1000 applicants were admitted in premier institutions like IITs and IISc.

Paper Code

Paper Title

Overall

Regd

App

QTot

App%

Qual%

AG

Agricultural Engineering

672

649

158

96.58

24.35

AR

Architecture & Planning

1387

1311

305

94.52

23.26

CE

Civil Engineering

10165

9340

2370

91.88

25.37

CH

Engineering

6874

6447

1542

93.79

23.92

CS

Computer Science & Engg

40708

37797

5181

92.85

13.71

CY

Chemistry

3174

2936

791

92.5

26.94

EC

Electronics & Comm. Engg

34082

31567

4732

92.62

14.99

EE

Engineering

19858

18548

3442

93.4

18.56

GG

Geology & Geophysics

400

374

87

93.5

23.26

IN

Instrumentation Engineering

5067

4765

663

94.04

13.91

MA

Mathematics

1497

1342

293

89.65

21.83

ME

Mechanical Engineering

28056

26241

4625

93.53

17.63

MN

Mining Engineering

337

318

95

94.36

29.87

MT

Metallurgical Engineering

1300

1185

339

91.15

28.67

PH

Physics

2548

2358

598

92.54

25.36

PI

Production & Ind.Engg

2682

2489

454

92.8

18.24

PY

Pharmaceutical Sciences

6847

6475

1765

94.57

27.26

TF

Textile Engg & Fibre Science

586

554

137

94.54

24.73

XE

Engineering Sciences

1208

1087

267

89.98

24.56

XL

Life Sciences

3849

3571

1033

92.78

28.93

Total

171297

159354

28877

93.03

18.12

Regd : Number of candidates registered
App : Number of candidates finally appeared in the GATE.
App% : Percentage of applicants actually taking up the exam.
Qual% : Percentage of people who qualified among the candidates who appeared